CPI-M’s Manik Sarkar Is ‘Poorest’ CM With Rs 2,410 in Bank Account

11 months ago

Marxist leader Manik Sarkar, who has been guiding the destiny of Tripura for 20 long years, remains arguably India’s poorest Chief Minister, with a paltry Rs 1,520 cash in hand and Rs 2,410 in a bank account.

In an affidavit submitted earlier this week with his nomination papers seeking re-election from his Dhanpur constituency for the 18 February assembly polls, the 69-year-old Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Politburo member declared his assets, including bank balance and immovable assets.

He possesses inherited land measuring 0.0118 acres in Krishnanagar, on the outskirts of Agartala, jointly with his lone sister.

Manik-da, as per the party’s tradition, donates his entire salary of Rs 26,315 as Chief Minister to the CPI-M fund. In turn, he receives a monthly allowance of Rs 9,700 from the party for his livelihood.
CPI-M leader Haripada Das to IANS
“We follow Manik-da’s simple lifestyle. His favorite tiffin (meal) is ‘muri’ (puffed rice). His wife, Panchali Bhattacharjee, never uses the government car and travels in rickshaws, auto-rickshaws and public transport in most cases,” added Das, who maintains the official records of the Tripura CPI-M.

According to Sarkar’s affidavit, his wife, a retired central government officer, has Rs 20,140 cash in hand and Rs 12,15,714 in her bank accounts and fixed deposits. Bhattacharjee too has inherited an immovable asset (a building) with a market value of Rs 21 lakh and 20 grams jewellery valued at Rs 60,000.

Sarkar and his wife live in the official residence of the Chief Minister in Agartala. They have no children or dependent.

A bachelor, Nripen Daa had left the Chief Minister’s official residence in 1988 with a small tin box containing his belongings and some books and he lived in a small MLA’s hostel room till his last breath on 25 December 2004.
Tapas Dey to IANS
Bharatiya Janata Partya’s Tripura spokesman Mrinal Kanti Deb said that Sarkar’s bank balance, according to his affidavit, had reduced and during his 20 years of governance, the economic position of the people of Tripura had also gone down.

Among India’s Left leaders, Sarkar is one of the main faces and key political figures in Tripura, which has been ruled by the Left Front since 1978 with a five-year break between 1988 and 1993, when the Congress and its tribal party ally Tripura Upajati Juba Samity were in power.

In the election fray since 1981, Sarkar has been elected to the state assembly six times – 1981 (by-polls), 1983, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 – and is seeking re-election from the Dhanpur assembly constituency for the fifth consecutive time.

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CPI-M’s Manik Sarkar Is ‘Poorest’ CM With Rs 2,410 in Bank Account

11 months ago

Marxist leader Manik Sarkar, who has been guiding the destiny of Tripura for 20 long years, remains arguably India’s poorest Chief Minister, with a paltry Rs 1,520 cash in hand and Rs 2,410 in a bank account.

In an affidavit submitted earlier this week with his nomination papers seeking re-election from his Dhanpur constituency for the 18 February assembly polls, the 69-year-old Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Politburo member declared his assets, including bank balance and immovable assets.

He possesses inherited land measuring 0.0118 acres in Krishnanagar, on the outskirts of Agartala, jointly with his lone sister.

Manik-da, as per the party’s tradition, donates his entire salary of Rs 26,315 as Chief Minister to the CPI-M fund. In turn, he receives a monthly allowance of Rs 9,700 from the party for his livelihood.
CPI-M leader Haripada Das to IANS
“We follow Manik-da’s simple lifestyle. His favorite tiffin (meal) is ‘muri’ (puffed rice). His wife, Panchali Bhattacharjee, never uses the government car and travels in rickshaws, auto-rickshaws and public transport in most cases,” added Das, who maintains the official records of the Tripura CPI-M.

According to Sarkar’s affidavit, his wife, a retired central government officer, has Rs 20,140 cash in hand and Rs 12,15,714 in her bank accounts and fixed deposits. Bhattacharjee too has inherited an immovable asset (a building) with a market value of Rs 21 lakh and 20 grams jewellery valued at Rs 60,000.

Sarkar and his wife live in the official residence of the Chief Minister in Agartala. They have no children or dependent.

A bachelor, Nripen Daa had left the Chief Minister’s official residence in 1988 with a small tin box containing his belongings and some books and he lived in a small MLA’s hostel room till his last breath on 25 December 2004.
Tapas Dey to IANS
Bharatiya Janata Partya’s Tripura spokesman Mrinal Kanti Deb said that Sarkar’s bank balance, according to his affidavit, had reduced and during his 20 years of governance, the economic position of the people of Tripura had also gone down.

Among India’s Left leaders, Sarkar is one of the main faces and key political figures in Tripura, which has been ruled by the Left Front since 1978 with a five-year break between 1988 and 1993, when the Congress and its tribal party ally Tripura Upajati Juba Samity were in power.

In the election fray since 1981, Sarkar has been elected to the state assembly six times – 1981 (by-polls), 1983, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 – and is seeking re-election from the Dhanpur assembly constituency for the fifth consecutive time.

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